Holder for ironing board covers



Apri 18, 1950 W. MocRoRY 2,504,560

HOLDER FOR IRONING BOARD COVERS Filed ook. 14, 1944 Patented Apr. 18,1950 UNITED STATES PAT-ENT OFFICE AHOLDER.EUR IRONING BOARD COVERSWilliam McCrory, Las* Angeles, Calif. Applicationctober 14, 1944, SerialNo. 558,677

"1 Claim. 1 "Ifhis invention relates in Vgeneral to ironing boards butmore particularly to'means attachable vto atleast the opposite edges ofa domestic ironing board of a tensioned band forholding a cloth coverand pad detachably and adjustably on the board.

I am aware that patents vhave been heretofore granted for devices whichare in some respects similar to my improvements, at least generallyconsidered, but it is an object of the present to provide a simplifiedcloth and pad attaching and supporting means which may be with equaleffect applied to new as well as old ironing boards.

It is well known that domestic ironing boards are usually covered with asoft pad and a cloth covering applied over the pad which is sewed,pinned or otherwise permanently secured in position over the top, edgesand at least a part of the bottom of an ironing board. An object of myinvention is to provide a single piece of tensioned metal band of flatcross section bent intermediate at its ends so as to provide a hand gripand pivotally held at its ends as by means of screws, bolts or pinsattached at transversely opposite points to the lateral edges of theboard in positions near the head end of the board. Thus, the tensioneclband may be swung into and out of operative position whereat theopposite legs of the band frictionally clamp the marginal portions ofthe cloth and pad in position on the board for use.

A further object is to either form the lateral edges of the ironingboard with a narrow ledge from the head to the foot of the board, or toapply cleats, brackets or other devices to the edges or bottom of theboard so as to extend laterally to a sufficient extent for the purposeof providing supports for the legs of the band when the band is clampedin operating position. Still other objects may appear as the descriptionof my improvement progresses.

I have shown a preferred form of ironing board and cloth clampingattachment therefor in the accompanying drawing, but it will beunderstood that I conceive it to be possible to modify the structurewithin the scope of the appended claim without departing from the spiritof my invention. In said drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of an ironing board with my improved clothattaching means shown thereon in clamping position;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the same on line 3--3 of Fig. 2; and

Figs. 4 and 5 are cross sectional views similar 2 to Fig. 3 butnotnecessarily in the plane of 4line 3-3, showing two different forms ofmeans for supporting the tensioning band on the board, fin additiontothe form shown in Fig. 3.

In its simplest and preferred form thestruc'ture shown includes an`ironing board A of usual domestic size and `shape with a'full'widthhead portion I and a narrowed Vf'oot Aportion "2 on whic'liI mounta frictional tensioned band B which is preferably of steel but notnecessarily so. Band B has a central arcuate bend 3 and legs 4 and 5 ofsimilar length and form adapted to engage the lateral edges 6 and l,respectively, of board A while the intermediate arcuate portion 3 isdisposed at the foot of the board and is extended substantially from thefoot edge 8 so as to pro-- vide a hand grip by means of which the band Bmay be held for raising the band from and lowering it into operativeposition on the board. Said band is pivotally attached to the lateraledges 6 and -I of the board at transversely opposite points 9 and Ill,respectively, as by means of screws, bolts or pins, near the head end ofthe board. Thus, the band, as indicated in broken lines in Fig. 2, maybe lifted and swung in the direction of the head of the board andusually to a position over the center of the screws 9 and I0, in orderthat a cloth covering C which may readily spread over a soft pad C andthe top of the board A with its lateral marginal portions II turneddownwardly over the edges 6 and I and beneath the legs i and 5 of bandB, the lateral margins C2 and end margins C3 being slightly inward ofthe adjacent margins of board A, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 5.

As shown in Fig. 3, board A may be formed with longitudinal ledges I2and I3 extended outwardly from the edges 6 and 'I but not necessarilyaround the ends of the board, and thereby forming supports for the bandlegs 4 and 5, respectively, and the marginal portions II of cover Cwhich are held between the bottom edges of the `band legs and the uppersurfaces of said ledges. The legs 4 and 5 of the band are preferablybowed inwardly in the direction of each other (as at 4' and 5') for thepurpose of increasing the tension of the legs as well as the frictionapplied to the cloth cover C for clamping the cover in position againstthe edges of the board A.. 1n addition, however, I provide a pair oftransversely opposite fixtures D, D, which may be employed in connectionwith the ledges I2 as shown in Fig. 3 or in the absence of said ledges,as shown in Figure 4. Said fixtures have arms Ill attached as by meansof screws I5 to the bottom of board A and substantially right angularlydisposed upstanding arms I6 which may be slightly bowed as shown andfrictionally engage the outer sides of the legs 4 and 5 of the band B orthe cover margins I I, as the case may be. Thus, fixtures D, D cooperatewith the ledge I2 to support and frictionally hold the band in coverclamping position, as in Fig. 3, and to likewise support and hold theband in the absence of ledge I2, as in Fig. 4.

In addition to the fixtures D and frequently in the absence of saidxtures, cleats E, E, may be affixed to the bottom of the iboard, asshown in Fig. 5, which extends outwardly from the lateral edges of theboard and underlie the legs of band B, said cleats being attached as bymeans of screws I6 to the board.

I claim:

A holder for ironing board covers having strips pivoted at its ends toopposite sides of the back end of the board, and adapted to be swungdownwardly to clamp the edge of the cloth around the periphery of theboard, comprising: a single loop of resilient material providing aself-tensioning clamp having longitudinally extending portions inwardlybowed in open position so that in closed position the longitudinallyextending portions will stretch the cloth cross the board and clamp itrmly Iagainst the board; and outer end pori tions sloping inwardly fromthe longitudinal portions and connected by an arcuate portion serving toresiliently urge said outer sloping portions to engage with the outerend edges of the board.

WILLIAM MCCRORY.

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